What began as part of genealogical research has become an appreciationfor the art that is an aged tombstone and the quiet beauty of a cemetery.

Monday, August 13, 2012

The Derr "Faux Bois" Plot

San Antonio has several examples of the work of Mexican artist Dionicio Rodríguez in the style of "faux bois" (from the French for false wood); however, this gravestone and plot in San Antonio's Cemetery #1 date to 1904, many years before Rodriguez came to the United States from Mexico in the 1920's.

WILHEMINA DERR

BORN May 23, 1832DIED March 23, 1904

Sadly, this unique plot is now overgrown and neglected with numerous volunteer shrubs and trees crowding the space.